Deadly Afro Picks by Shon Mapp

Please place all sharp objects

in the tray / You do not need

to remove your shoes

Is that a full tube

of toothpaste / Step through

the metal detector

Is this your bag / You’ll have

to throw away the water

What is this object / The metal tines

are 4 millimeters too long / I’ll have to

confiscate it

Bad hair days ahead.

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Shon Mapp (she/her) writes, paints, and knows the word for "bread" in many languages. Twitter: @ShonMapp